Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2018

vTime , the company behind the titular social VR app, today announced the studio is making a strategic expansion into North America with the opening of its San Francisco office. vTime now supports Oculus Rift, Windows VR headsets, Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Gear VR, Google Cardboard, as well as non-VR modes through Android and iOS.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

San Francisco-based startup Framework just announced a thin, lightweight productivity laptop unlike any other on the market right now. Sure, it looks similar to the aluminum options almost every other laptop maker offers, but this laptop can be upgraded, customized, and repaired in ways that others just can’t. Read more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The legendary programmer and founder of Epic Games sat down with me after his keynote address at the VRX conference in San Francisco and, as conversations with Sweeney usually do, the topic quickly turned to the issue of open platforms. Sweeney’s ultimate example of a distressingly closed platform is Apple’s app store.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Apple now lets add you add “buy” button to AR Quick Look. A piece of simple news, but a very important one, has hit the AR industry this week: Apple now lets companies add custom buttons (usually the “Buy” one) to AR Quick Look. More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. News worth a mention.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

San Francisco-based Occipital is one of the many companies that wants to bring inside-out tracking to mobile VR, but its means of doing so stands apart from others. Rather than modding existing headsets with extra cameras, Occipital today announced Bridge, its own mobile headset designed for use with Apple’s iPhone 7, 6, and 6s.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

After having seen the teaser of the Quest 3 and especially the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro (about which you can read my opinion here ), I’m always more convinced that we have entered into a new phase of XR history. Google joined forces with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to release a new headset soon.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 5, 2018

We were deeply honored to have been able to sponsor their last events and we look forward to becoming more involved with the VR community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Meanwhile at the 360 VR Bay Area Film Makers meet-up we saw talks from Apple and Pixar. Culminating two exciting nights of going back to the future.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Game Developers Conference (GDC) - VRDC@GDC Date: March 19-23, 2018 Venue: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA Check their passes and pricing for more information. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. It reminded me of a speech by Mike Abrash , chief scientist at Oculus, speaking last fall. You get to decide the way you want to see the world.”.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for Apple may unveil RealityOS at WWDC. At the upcoming WWDC, Apple may unveil its operating system for XR glasses, dubbed RealityOS. More info (RealityOS trademark) More info (Robert Scoble’s take on Apple’s reveal strategy).

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Today, Google finally pulled the curtain back on its mysterious virtual reality headset: Daydream View. Since its announcement at Google I/O earlier in the year, Daydream has been positioned as a potential usurper to the mobile VR throne currently occupied by Samsung and Oculus with Gear VR. ” Comfort & Fit.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope. December 2015.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We'll be talking about making an AR video with Will.i.am, creating art with Intel, and delivering on the promise of VR and AR with the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks, YouTube, and more. He's kind of like the Spike Lee of San Francisco, is what a lot of people say, but he works mainly in documentary.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. You can learn more about the GFR Fund by visiting gfrfund.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. You can learn more about the GFR Fund by visiting gfrfund.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. You can learn more about the GFR Fund by visiting gfrfund.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Thanks for having me. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure and honor to have you on the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Thanks for having me. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure and honor to have you on the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Thanks for having me. Alan: It's my absolute pleasure and honor to have you on the show. I'm super excited.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

We can so expect a price of $1000+ for the device, which at this point is clearly aimed at professionals, the same target of people of the upcoming Apple headset. Google acquires Raxium. The news about Google being willing to acquire Raxium had been leaked a few weeks ago, but now it has become official. News worth a mention.

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VRScout

APRIL 11, 2017

First launched back in September of 2016, Viveport is the app marketplace exclusive to the HTC Vive– almost HTC’s answer to Oculus Home, if you will. San Francisco-based company Lightform came out of stealth mode with a $2.6M DID OCULUS GET SUED (AGAIN)??? APPLE SAYS VR IS WHY NEXT MAC PRO NEEDS MORE POWER.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. You have Apple, with ARKit. Alan: Well, I think we’re we’re already in that position where we’ve got Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Walmart.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. You have Apple, with ARKit. Alan: Well, I think we’re we’re already in that position where we’ve got Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Walmart.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. You have Apple, with ARKit. Alan: Well, I think we're we're already in that position where we've got Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Walmart.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! And all of this when in 10 days there will be the Oculus Connect 6, where there will be announced something cool for sure… I’m rather thrilled while I write this e-mail!

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2016

for mixed reality lightfield technology that no one has actually seen (outside of a small number of people with ironclad NDAs), and is funded by giants like Google and Alibaba. News broke that users who logged in via Google account were allowing full access to their Google accounts – meaning photos, browsing history, emails, etc.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 19, 2019

and San Francisco that have been home to over 150 VR and AI startups. He's posted over 500 events all focused on XR, trained thousands of students on XR development, and worked with companies like Google and Ideo to train their development teams. And the Oculus at launch started what I call the third wave of VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne: Yeah, it’s really– Alan: Stack of phones charging while you’re swapping it out, whereas if you’re using something like an Oculus Go, you’ve got to take the whole machine away. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. Anne: Yeah, they are.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne: Yeah, it’s really– Alan: Stack of phones charging while you’re swapping it out, whereas if you’re using something like an Oculus Go, you’ve got to take the whole machine away. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. Anne: Yeah, they are.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Alan: Stack of phones charging while you're swapping it out, whereas if you're using something like an Oculus Go, you've got to take the whole machine away. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Anne: Yeah, it's really--.

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